World War II Honoree

Jerome Robert Patrick

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Honored By

William Fischer, Jr.

Relationship

Grateful Citizen

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 9 JUNE 1943 AT SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. SEA SERVICE FROM 19 JULY 1944 TO 29 APRIL 1946 AS PART OF THE COMMISSIONING CREW ABOARD USS CASA GRANDE (LSD-13), SUPPORTING THE INITIAL ASSAULT ON LEYTE IN OCTOBER 1944, AND THEN IN THE LINGAYEN GULF IN JANUARY 1945, BOTH IN THE PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN. AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE INVASION OF OKINAWA, THE SHIP CONTINUED TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC BEFORE SAILING FOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, FOR REPAIRS. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 29 APRIL 1946 AT USN SEPARATION CENTER, BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.